Thanks a lot.
I wouldn't go for almost any online store if I look up luxury items anyway. ;)
But when you want to get 4 cables of this kind, 2 cables of that other kind, 3 LED arrays, and 2 books -- which total $35 -- it feels pretty awful to actually have to pay about $65 due to delivery fees and whatnot.
So I am thinking that for all those smaller purchases I'll just go for Alibaba.
(BTW I also noticed our customs caught up on lower-cost items' VAT and it's not pleasant.)
Appreciate the feedback.
It's not for the same-day delivery crowd, that's for sure, afaik it's from a few days to a week or two. But, like I said, the price is sometimes so low that for a lot of people it's worth it.
> Do you get huge delivery fees akin to Amazon and eBay?
Not as far as I know. There used to be a loophole (or maybe the customs people were too lazy to enforce the law) where you didn't pay VAT for purchases that were not that high but that has changed lately, which added approximately 20% to the costs. Even so, because the prices are comparatively speaking so low it doesn't make that much of a difference.
Of course, I wouldn't advise trying to purchase any branded things or luxury stuff from Alibaba but you can find pretty nice things in there at impossible to beat prices if you don't care that much about the label.